Thursday, May 27, 2021

KEEP 'EM LOCKED UP!

California Prosecutors Sue Over Rules That Could Free Thousands Of Inmates Early
 
LAPPL News Watch
May 27, 2021
 
Three-quarters of California’s district attorneys sued the state Wednesday in an attempt to block emergency rules that expand good conduct credits and could eventually bring earlier releases for tens of thousands of inmates. 
 
The lawsuit objects on procedural grounds, arguing that Corrections Secretary Kathleen Allison used the emergency declaration to bypass the usual regulatory and public comment process. 
 
The rules affecting 76,000 inmates, most serving time for violent offenses, took effect May 1, although it will be months or years until inmates accumulate enough credits to significantly shorten their sentences. 
 
Forty-four of the state’s 58 district attorneys brought the lawsuit, which says the only stated emergency was the corrections department’s desire to follow the “direction outlined in the Governor’s Budget Summary” nearly a year earlier. 
 
Plaintiffs included district attorneys for Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.

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